Daniel Toler
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Daniel Toler (26 June 1739 – 27 June 1796) was an Irish Member of Parliament.
Toler was born on 26 June 1739. He was the eldest son of Daniel Toler (d. c. 1755) and Letitia (née Otway) Toler (d. 1794).[1] Among his siblings was younger brother, John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury, the Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas who was considered to be one of the most corrupt legal figures in Irish history.[2]
His paternal grandfather was Nicholas Toler.[3] The Toler family was originally from Norfolk, but settled in Ireland in the 17th century during the reign of Charles I, when an ancestor who was a successful soldier in Cronwell's army obtained a grant of lands in County Tipperary and settled at Beechwood.[4] His maternal grandfather was Thomas Otway, of Castle Otway.[1]
He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[5]
Career
He represented County Tipperary from 1776 to 1790, alongside Henry Prittie (later 1st Baron Dunalley), Hon. Francis James Mathew (later 2nd Earl Landaff), and John Bagwell. Toler was appointed High Sheriff of Tipperary in 1770.[6]